Sight & Sound Magazine Summer 2020 Anime Special 50 Essential Films Studio Ghibli (1504)

Original Sight & Sound – Summer 2020, Volume 30 Issue 6, published by the BFI. This is a huge double issue devoted heavily to anime and international cinema, with a colourful illustrated cover featuring Totoro from My Neighbour Totoro.

Magazine: Sight & Sound
Date: Summer 2020
Volume: 30
Issue: 6
Publisher: BFI
Cover Price: £6.95
Format: Huge Double Issue
SKU: 1504

Main Feature – Anime Special

The dominant cover feature is:

“Anime Special – 50 Essential Films – From Akira to Your Name and Beyond”

The issue is clearly aimed at readers and collectors interested in the history, development and influence of Japanese animation.

The illustrated cover uses imagery from My Neighbour Totoro, making this particularly attractive for collectors of:

• Studio Ghibli
• Hayao Miyazaki
• My Neighbour Totoro
• Japanese animation
• Anime cinema
• Film history
• BFI publications
• Sight & Sound magazine

The cover promises a survey of 50 essential anime films, stretching from major classics such as Akira through to more contemporary titles including Your Name, suggesting a broad overview of important animated cinema across different periods and styles.

Other Featured Content

The cover also advertises several substantial film-industry and director features.

Spike Lee Interview
A prominent interview with filmmaker Spike Lee, with the quoted cover line:

“Why fight for a country when they lynch you?”

This adds significant interest for collectors of director interviews and contemporary American cinema.

Lockdown Diaries
A feature looking at filmmakers and creatives working and isolating during the early 2020 lockdown period, including:

• Jia
• Corman
• Almodóvar
• Tsangari
• and others

This makes the issue an interesting document of the film world during the extraordinary circumstances of 2020.

Can Cinema Survive?
Industry experts discuss the future of cinema, particularly relevant to the disruption to film exhibition and production during the pandemic period.

Streaming Guide
A guide covering television and films available to watch and where to find them, reflecting the rapid rise in home streaming during 2020.

Collector Interest

This is a particularly strong issue for collectors because it combines several major areas of film interest in one publication:

• A substantial anime special
• Studio Ghibli / My Neighbour Totoro cover artwork
• Coverage of 50 essential anime films
• A Spike Lee interview
• Film-industry commentary from the 2020 lockdown period
• Streaming and changing cinema-consumption coverage
• BFI / Sight & Sound editorial content

The combination of anime history and contemporary 2020 film-industry reporting makes it useful both as a collector’s magazine and as a snapshot of cinema culture at that particular moment.

Condition

Pre-owned magazine in good overall visible condition.

From the supplied image:

• Front cover remains bright, colourful and highly presentable.
• The illustrated artwork and main typography remain clear and vivid.
• There are some light surface marks and handling scratches visible across the cover.
• Minor rubbing is present around the outer edges.
• Top edge shows some light wear, with a small area of creasing / slight surface disturbance around the upper central section.
• Top-right corner shows slight bending / curling.
• Bottom-left corner has light wear and a small amount of rubbing.
• Bottom edge shows minor handling wear.
• Right-hand edge appears generally straight with only light age/use wear.
• Spine edge appears intact from the visible angle.
• No major tears, heavy staining or writing are visible on the photographed cover.

Only the front cover is shown, so internal page condition cannot be fully confirmed.

A strong collectible Summer 2020 Sight & Sound double issue, especially desirable for its major Anime Special, My Neighbour Totoro / Studio Ghibli cover, and broader coverage of cinema during the 2020 lockdown period.

SKU: 1504